Novel, YOU written by Caroline kepnes, an
American author, former entertainment reporter, screenwriter questions the
morality and obsession of the protagonist, Joe Goldberg, through a single
narrative that fluctuate between passion, self-justification and deception. This
paper explores the morality, immorality, and amorality in YOU through
the lens of Indian philosophical ethos with the Concepts such as Karma,
self-realisation, detachment and moksha. Joe’s action demonstrates the
irresistible consequences of karma, the cause of his actions is motivated by a
wrong perception of dominance and love. Joe uses manipulation to defend his
behaviour in order to keep his relationships with the characters in the story
and with himself intact. His ridiculous actions, which disregard his feelings
and compassion, also heighten the suspense throughout the book. This novel also
questions the inability to understand and interrogate the questions of desire,
lust, passion, control and his inability to understand the short comings of the
actions. The researcher used a qualitative method to study the text from a stream-of-consciousness
perspective by applying a textual analysis method.
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